By Taleed El-Sabawi "Rap music is the most visible form of African American cultural expression in contemporary society." 1 Yet, as hip hop's popularity continues to grow, it ceases to be solely a means of creating African American identity. Scholar Halifu Osumare in his article "Beats Streets in the Global Hood: Connective marginalities of the hip hop globe" argues that hip … [Read more...] about Palestinian Conflict Bounces to a New Beat
Growing Cities, Shrinking Opportunities
By Stan Holt Sprawl, “the spread of cities [...] propelled by the impetus of depopulating large, congested, polluted, and crime-ridden industrial cities,” continues to expand across the United States (Neuman 15). Environmental responsibility and economic freedom are opposing ideas argued in an attempt to approach a practical and timely resolution to sprawl. Those in favor of … [Read more...] about Growing Cities, Shrinking Opportunities